Wonder Woman

WONDER WOMAN The Art & Making of the FilmForword by Patty Jenkins. Recommended. By Sharon Gosling. Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman sees the hero brought to the big screen for the first time in her own movie, and fully realizes the breathtaking wonder, strength, and grace of such an historic character. This celebrates the creation of the groundbreaking movie, showcasing the earliest concept art, set and costume designs, sketches and storyboards and wonderful photos of all the stars in action. The book goes deep into the filmmaking process, from creating the island of Themyscira to the war-torn trenches and towns of World War I Europe. Titan, 2017...More.

WONDER WOMAN By John Byrne Volume 1Collects #101-114, 1995-96. By John Byrne. In the 1990s, one of the most celebrated creators in comics history—the legendary John Byrne—had one of the greatest runs of all time on the Amazon Warrior. Wonder Woman has built herself a fresh start in Gateway City. But when what seems to be an ordinary heist gone wrong turns out to be something much more sinister, Diana finds herself trapped and tortured on the hell planet Apokolips! Just as terrifying, Wonder Woman learns of a deeper connection between the New Gods of Apokolips and New Genesis and those of her homeland of Themyscira. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: WWJB01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 300pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

Coming in October.

WONDER WOMAN Ambassador of Truth
By Signe Bergstrom. A gorgeous, authorized celebration of Wonder Woman. This chronicles her life and times, from origin and founding member of the Justice Society in the Golden Age, to her evolution in television and film. Brings together a breathtaking collage of images—from the DC comic books, the 1970s-era television show starring Lynda Carter, numerous animated appearances, and the 2017 feature film. Lush full-color compendium with inserts and exclusive interactives, and illuminating interviews and anecdotes from key artists, writers, and personalities. Harper, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

ALSO AVAILABLEWONDER WOMAN Her Greatest BattlesRecommended. Cover by Frank Cho. In these stories from such top-tier comics talents as Greg Rucka, George Pérez, John Byrne, Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, Cliff Chiang and Gail Simone, the Amazing Amazon must use every ounce of her strength and steel to bring down gods, monsters and—when mind-controlling villains take control—even her friends. Collects Wonder Woman #6, #119, #210, #219; Wonder Woman #41; Justice League: Part Three #3; Wonder Woman #23. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: WWHGB
Soft Cover, 6x10, 168pg, Full Color
$9.99

ALSO AVAILABLEWONDER WOMAN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARSHighly Recommended. By William Moulton Marston, H.G. Peter, Denny O' Neil, Mike Sekowsky, Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang et al. The most recognizable superheroine of all time: Wonder Woman! 400 pages of the best stories, from her first appearance by in All Star #8 in 1941, though 1940s stories in SensationComics and her own title (lots of these), to her late 1950s make-over, to the mod '60s redesign, to adventures from recent decades up to today. Also with work by George Pérez, Darwyn Cooke, writer Robert Kanigher, Gene Colan, Phil Jimenez, Mike Deodato, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone and more. DC, 2016...More.

Item Code: WW75H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 400pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

See our website for several excellent histories of Wonder Woman (including the Secret History, now on sale), Comics Archives, graphic novels, and statues, including three new designs just arrived, based on scenes from this new film.

Art Books

PINO MASTER OF FIGURATIVE PAINTINGHighly Recommended. "Critics say I paint only beautiful women," Pino says. "It's heaven to me, going deep, studying character, body language, expressions." In the same class as Sorolla, Russell Flint and Hanks, Pino is a master of color, of light and shade, of exquisite skin tones and faces and hair and rounded, curvaceous bodies. This is so new it's only available from the Pino family and in China and Hong Kong. There is no overlap with his other book, published in 2003. We think this is entirely new work. Classic, 2017...More.

ALSO AVAILABLEPINO Contemporary RealismRecommended. By Pino Daeni. Featuring Pino Daeni's remarkable paintings. Born in Italy, Pino's paintings feature soft, romantic characters. This collection includes more than 90 oil paintings. Rich, textured color is combined with feminine, ephemeral forms whose light and shadow suggest depth and mystery. Every image is shown full page, with many two-page spreads. Beautiful and unforgettable, the work of this recently deceased master leaves a lingering warmth. Classic Publications, 2003...More.

Item Code: PINHS
Hard Cover, 10x12, 128pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00

Alphonse Mucha

WORLD OF MUCHA A Journey to Two Fairylands Paris and CzechHighly Recommended. By Hiroshi Unno. A superlative collection of Mucha's works, behind highly ornate, silver-embossed covers, spanning his entire career from his beginnings in Paris to his final days in what was then known as Czechoslovakia after four years in the United States. His most representative works are featured, not only in the field of fine art but also in editorial design and graphic design. As a special feature, this book introduces more typography and package design works compared to other publications on Muchas work. A good deal of this is not collected elsewhere. And, of course, Mucha's masterpiece the "Slav Epic" is also covered in detail, along with an interpretation and its historical background. PIE, 2017...More.

Item Code: WORMU
Soft Cover, 7x10, 352pg, Full Color
$39.95

ALSO AVAILABLEALPHONSE MUCHA MASTERWORKSCloseout Price!Highly Recommended. By Rosalind Ormiston. A beautifully illustrated reference book which charts the life and works of a man who epitomized Parisian art during the Art Nouveau era. With abundant top quality color reproductions, this documents his success as an illustrator and as an avant-garde artist. From his iconic posters for Sarah Bernhardt, amazing ads for chocolates, perfume and other popular products, to his series on The Seasons, rare book illustrations, magazine covers, etc. Flame Tree, 2013...More.

Item Code: APHOH
Hard Cover, 12x11, 200pg, Full Color
$40.00 $19.99

ALSO AVAILABLELE PATER ALPHONSE MUCHA'S SYMBOLIST MASTERPIECEOur Highest Recommendation. By Thomas Negovan. By 1899, Alphonse Mucha had experienced four years as the most recognizable proponent of Art Nouveau graphics and the most celebrated illustrator in Paris. The massive output in the advertising and decorative work earned much for Mucha's publisher but very little for the artist himself. So Mucha insisted upon the release of a deeply personal work, and printed 510 copies of what he for the remainder of his life considered his works-on-paper masterpiece, Le Pater. His Symbolist masterpiece features a female deity protecting humankind, and a number of sophisticated occult themes across a series of images of mystical illustrations. Century Guild, 2016...More.

Item Code: ALPM
Soft Cover, 8x11, 59pg, Partial Color
$35.00

ALSO AVAILABLELE PATER ALPHONSE MUCHA'S SYMBOLIST MASTERPIECE Hardcover With PrintsWith 10 additional 6x9 prints! Our Highest Recommendation. By Thomas Negovan. Special Kickstarter edition with two separate sets of prints, else the same as the softcover. By 1899, Alphonse Mucha had experienced four years as the most recognizable proponent of Art Nouveau graphics and the most celebrated illustrator in Paris. So Mucha insisted upon the release of a deeply personal work, and printed 510 copies of what he for the remainder of his life considered his masterpiece. This Symbolist story features a female deity protecting humankind, sophisticated occult themes and mystical illustrations. Century Guild, 2016. Due June. ...More.

Item Code: ALPMH
Hard Cover, 12x16, 100+pg, Partial Color
$100.00

The hardcover of Le Pater is expected any day now. You can also get the softcover with ten extra prints [ALPMP. $65]. See our website for two more Mucha collections: Alphonse Mucha [AMUCHH. $55, your price $49.95] and the warehouse find from 1980: Mucha: The Complete Graphic Works [ALH. $25].

Comics & Fantasy Art Reference

WEINBERG TALESMy Life in Fantasy/A Dream of Mars/Collecting Fantasy Art. Recommended. A volume in tribute to the late Bob Weinberg -- a legendary writer, collector and dealer. You've got to have affected a lot of lives to get a 260-page book about you when you weren't a renowned author or artist, but Weinberg was a cornerstone of fantasy, pulp, and sci-fi collecting and here we find out just why. Contains “A Dream of Mars”, “My Life in Fantasy” and the 13-part “Collecting Fantasy Art” by Bob Weinberg, as well as tributes by friends and family and lots of wonderful art in black & white, culled from one of the finest collections in existence. American Fantasy Press, 2017...More.

Item Code: WEINT
Soft Cover, 7x10, 270pg, Text/b&w
$30.00

75 YEARS OF DC COMICS The Art of Modern Mythmaking New EditionNew Bargain Priced Edition! First published at $200. Our Highest Recommendation. By Paul Levitz. We love the large-sized reproductions from the earliest days of comics, classic covers and story pages rarely seen. Great anecdotes, rare memorabilia, inside stories and much more make this the quintessential history of DC's 75 years. Excellent coverage of 1936-1975, which is where our personal interests lie, but carrying on right up to the present. Part coffee-table book, part critical analysis, and one hell of a huge art book. At 10 pounds, this is one of the largest and most impressive books ever devoted to comics. Taschen, 2017...More.

Item Code: 75YH
Hard Cover, 10x14, 720pg, Full Color
$69.99 $64.99

You can go hardcore and still get the original 2010 edition, all 16 pounds (the new one is a mere 10 pounds) and large 12x16 size. it's a special order item, so it'll take 3-4 weeks [75H. $200, your price $180].

Graphic Novels & Archives

ADVENTURES OF JOHN BLAKE 1 MYSTERY OF THE GHOST SHIPTime Travel on the High Seas! Highly Recommended. By Philip Pullman. Art by Fred Fordham. Philip Pullman is the award-winning author of The Golden Compass, which became a fine film, and was the first in the trilogy His Dark Materials. Those are serious credentials--and here we are treated to his first graphic novel, no adaptation but an entirely new and original work. And I really like it. While I found the artwork just a bit underwhelming, that is more than made up for with a brilliant story, of a "ghost" ship peopled by a crew from different eras. Graphix, 2017...More.

Item Code: ADVJB01H
Hard Cover, 8x10, 160pg, Full Color
$19.99 $17.99

WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE TALESCloseout Price! Vintage tales from Disney's most popular animated short films. Highly Recommended. In 1934, and for more than ten years thereafter, Good Housekeeping magazine--one of the leading and most widely-read magazines of the time--featured full-color one-and two-page retellings of the wildly popular Disney cartoons. Each one of these beautiful little gems were newly hand-painted by Disney artists. Ever since these have been collected and highly prized but oh, so hard to find. 30 Mickey films, 22 Donalds, 5 Goofy & Pluto, plus dozens of classic Silly Symphonies. Disney, 2013...More.

Item Code: WDMH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color
$19.95 $9.95

SUPERGIRL Volume 3 Ghosts of KryptonCollects Supergirl #11, #23-33, 2007-08. By Kelley Puckett. Art by Drew Edward Johnson and Ron Randall. Her quest will take her from her own past on doomed Krypton to the distant future of the Legion of Super-Heroes. And on Earth, she vows to save a little boy from the cancer that is killing him. Superman and Wonder Woman believe that Kara's obsessions are dangerous and want her to stop. Will she be able to save Earth and its people...or will she fail after trying too hard to show the world that she is worthy of her title? DC, 2017...More.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS Volume 3Collects Amazing Spider-Man #68-104, 1969-72. Recommended. By Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. Art by John Romita. Few comic books have ever come close to reaching the page-turning power, action, and drama of Amazing Spider-Man. Spidey grew to become not just the most relatable hero in comics, but also the top seller! And you'll see the reasons why again and again in one iconic story after another: the Stone Tablet Saga, the debut of Black Widow's new look, Kingpin's Shakespearean family drama, Captain Stacy's tragic death, the pathos of Peter Parker's love triangle with Gwen Stacy and Spidey, and the historic Comics Code-defying "drug" issues. Marvel, 2017...More.

UNCLE SCROOGE Tyrant of the TidesCollects #20-22 (Legacy #424-426), 2017. Recommended. By Romano Scarpa, William Van Horn, Tony Strobl, Al Taliaferro et al. Yaarrr, matey! When super sea expert Ludwig Von Drake gets zapped by pirates with a laser ray, it means trouble for Scrooge's aquatic expedition. But he's still hot on the trail of the world's first submarine... till a ferocious giant squid evens the score! Then in "The Golden Birds," vicious archaeopteryxes are Scrooge's treasured quarry, while "The Substitute Santa of Strathbungo" reveals the McDucks' first Christmas in long-ago Scotland! Fun stories, first published overseas, from 1963 to 2013. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: USTYT
Soft Cover, 6x9, 124pg, Full Color
$12.99

See our website for all archives and new collections of Uncle Scrooge.

PRE-CODE CLASSICS WORLDS OF FEAR Volume 2Limited, 700! Collects #6-10, 1952-53. Recommended. By Norman Saunders (covers), Bernard Baily, Shelly Moldoff et al. From the magical days of 1952 and featuring artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Moe Marcus, Bob McCarty (his work is this collection's highlight, with a fine story in every single issue), and Norman Saunders. Crossing horror and SF has never been more enjoyable. Lock the door, flip the tab on a can of soda and delve into those potato chips. Completes the series, including a classic "drowning cover" and the iconic "man with no eyes" Saunders cover & eyes ripped out story in the last issue! PS Artbooks, 2017...More.

LENNON The New York YearsRecommended. By David Foenkinos and Eric Corbeyran. Art by Horne. Lennon adapts David Foenkinos' legendary novel to graphic album form, with striking black-and-white illustrations by French artist Horne. In imagined meetings with a fictional psychiatrist, Lennon recounts in his own words his tumultuous life. Flashbacks mix early Beatles successes and extreme behavior, with the New York years of 1975-80. This recounts setting aside his career, meeting and leaving and rejoining Yoko, working to spread peace, doing heroin, on-the-road encounters with nubile and willing young ladies, and the extremely bizarre business of being John Lennon, one of the most famous personalities on earth. IDW, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

BETTY BOOP
By Roger Langridge and Gisele Lagace. The most famous female cartoon star of all is back! All-new adventures of Betty Boop (with her pals Koko and Bimbo) by award-winning writer Roger Langridge and Gisele Lagace. Join Betty as she works at the Oop-A-Doop Club, dreams of hitting the big-time, looks after her old Grampy, fights ghosts and giant bugs and demons, dances to hot jazz, and much more! Semi-serious adventure meets tongue-in-cheek cartoon, in a light, animation style that brings back the classic 1930s Fleisher style. Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: BETBO
Soft Cover, 7x10, 96pg, Full Color
$15.99 $14.50

Coming in October

HARLEY QUINN WAITING FOR MY J MAN StatueSpecial OrderArt by Ramirez Studios, Mara Ancheta, Andrea Coleman, Jason Wires, Matt Taylor. Based on the poster and 7 inch vinyl record sleeve by Matt Taylor, the Waiting for My J Man statue features a lovelorn Harley Quinn, relaxing on a swanky shag carpet while listening to her favorite tunes, as she waits for a certain someone to come home. Continuing the line of 3D sculptures inspired by Mondo posters, the statue is imbued with classic pin-up styling, while faithfully recreating Taylor's art in both pose and color scheme. Mondo Tees, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

HANDS OF SHANG-CHI MASTER OF KUNG FU Omnibus Volume 4
By Doug Moench. Art by Gene Day, Dan Day, and David Day. The final Omnibus collection! Demons from Shang-Chi's past return: Razor Fist, Pavane, the Cat, Zaran and even the Master of Kung Fu's father, the devil doctor Fu Manchu! It all builds to the ultimate battle between father and son, stoked by years of conflict. The stakes are final, and Moench's story and Gene Day's shadow-drenched artwork make every moment stunning. The saga also introduces new enemies: Dark Angel, Death Dealer, Argus, Shadow Hand -- and possibly Shang-Chi's own mother! Marvel, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Mature Readers

BELGIAN LACE FROM HELL The Mythology of S Clay Wilson Volume 31990-2017. Edited by Patrick Rosenkranz. The thrid and final volume in this impressive series. This includes all his work from Zap Comix #12 through #15; stories published in the horror anthology Taboo; the three appearances of his outrageous, race-bending character Meadows from Weirdo; illustrations for Grimm and Andersen fairy tales; as well as book jackets and album covers. Plus, dozens of privately commissioned paintings with his best-known characters. And finally, the inside story of his outrageous partying life and his tragic accident in 2008 that ended his career. Fantagraphics, 2017. Adult Material...More.

News
and Notes

Our latest catalog was mailed out from the printer on May 24, and should be in your hands soon if you are a regular customer. Otherwise you can download it here, or call or email us and ask for a free print copy. See below.

Rose City Book Fair, Portland, Oregon
Anne and I will be doing this annual show for the first time June 16 and 17, Friday and Saturday. We’ll have just a small stock there, so if you plan to attend and would like us to bring anything, either out of print or new, call or email us. No obligation, happy to do it. Anne is at 530-273-9762 bpandhbooks@mac.com. Or contact me directly at bud@budplant.com. People always come by the show and ask “did you bring” something; sometimes we did, often we didn’t, with thousands of items to pick from and just so much space. This way, you know we’ll have it for you.

San Diego Comic-Con 2017
The big news this year is that we’ve gone seriously downscale. We will be in J4, at the end of the 1100 row opposite the lounge area and food concessions, in the Exhibitor Tables area. After 47 years of knocking ourselves out to get truckloads of product to the show and after long consideration, we decided to be kind to ourselves. We have been facing ever increasing expenses to do the show, from booths and trucking costs, to hotels that gouge every year. Many of our former customers have given up attending, some simply because they cannot get tickets that sell out in minutes online.Many of the folks that attend these days are more interested in movie stars and variant editions and freebies than in the specialty books that we bring along. That is not to say we don't appreciate you who still come to the show, and who shop with us! We really, really are glad some of you can still get in to the show, and it's a pleasure to see you. But there are just not enough of you to make it work for us anymore. So this year we'll still be there, with a smaller, hand-picked selection of our very best books. I hope to see you there.

We will be featuring the very latest major books, exclusive items, signed books, and a small stock of out-of-print material: fanzines, books, and vintage comics. The space we have is equivalent of 1/2 of a booth (last year we had three full booths). But after last year, adding up our expenses, we found once again we were knocking ourselves out for more than a solid week essentially for free. Sales aren’t bad, really, but the expenses of selling heavy, low priced books are just too much.

We want to be at the show, to find new products for you, and I need the time to go out and look for new items for you, as well as vintage comic books for myself. I don’t have that running three booths every year. In actuality, this way we can do more for our customers who DON’T attend the show. You, after all, are the core of our business—not the very few people who attend the Comic-Con and have an interest in our material. We’ll do a better job of finding new material for you, linking up with publishers, and carrying on our day-to-day business back here at the warehouse.

Free Comic Book Day
Twin Earths is gone (we do still have the on-sale set of two issues) and Elfquest #2-4 are nearly gone as I write this. Still have plenty of First Kingdom issues and the Zorro piece, all can be added free with your order.

PS Artbooks Sale
This special email went out May 16. You can see it here--scroll down past the regular email to the May 15 PS Artbooks Sale.

Spring Clearance Sale
We sent out a special email on May 30th with 80 newly-discounted items. You can see them all here, on the blog (scroll down past this email). Or see hundreds more closeout items here, on our website. Response has been good so far (it just went out 36 hours ago, as I write this, and nothing yet is completely sold out). But many are very low in stock, so act now.

~Bud

Our Catalog and Contact Info

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ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATION

THE ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE Deluxe Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art. Limited, 500! Highly Recommended. Edited by Steven D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock. Starting in 1932, Margaret Brundage forever changed the look of Fantasy and Horror with her alluring, sensationalistic covers for the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales. Brundage, whose art contemporaries include Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok, is unique as she was the first female cover artist of the pulp era. Decades before the gothic fetish craze, Brundage's lush, provocative paintings, which frequently featured smoldering, semi-nude young women bearing whips, threatened by strange men or stranger beasts, or wandering lost in alien landscapes, became a focus of acute attention and controversy. Vanguard, 2013...More.

Item Code: ALLMBD
Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Full Color
$69.95 $39.95

THE ALLURING ART OF MARGARET BRUNDAGE Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art. Highly Recommended. Edited by Steven D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock. Starting in 1932, Margaret Brundage forever changed the look of Fantasy and Horror with her alluring, sensationalistic covers for the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales. Brundage, whose art contemporaries include Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok, is unique as she was the first female cover artist of the pulp era. Decades before the gothic fetish craze, Brundage's lush, provocative paintings, which frequently featured smoldering, semi-nude young women bearing whips, threatened by strange men or stranger beasts, or wandering lost in alien landscapes, became a focus of acute attention and controversy. Vanguard, 2013...More.

Item Code: ALLMB
Soft Cover, 9x12, 184pg, Full Color
$24.95 $17.50

AMANO ILLUSTRATIONS Since beginning his career at age fifteen with the legendary animation studio Tatsunoko Production, Yoshitaka Amano has become one of the most acclaimed artists and illustrators at work today. Displaying a rare range, his oeuvre encompasses everything from minutely observed still-life sketches to full-color paintings on an epic scale, from children' s storybooks to dark adult fantasy, from theatrical productions to video games to sculpture to commercial design. Viz Media, 2016...More.

Item Code: YAILL
Soft Cover, 8x11, 125pg, Full Color
$19.99 $12.50

THE FRAZETTA SKETCHBOOKHighly Recommended. By Frank Frazetta and J. David Spurlock. Frazetta artwork we've never seen before! There have been dozens of books devoted to Frank's amazing work, but this is truly like no other. Here you will find preliminary color studies, working sketches for figures from finished pieces, unpublished finished works from Frazetta's youth, personal works never before seen, including an entire chapter of nude figure studies. Vanguard, 2013...More.

Item Code: FRASK
Soft Cover, 9x11, 160pg, Full Color $24.95 $17.50

THE ART OF ELFQUEST Signed Limited, 50 full color, signed Bookplates! Recommended. By Wendy Pini and Richard Pini. Art by Wendy Pini. Since its first appearance in 1978, Elfquest has touched the spirit of multiple generations, thanks to the strength of Richard and Wendy Pini's captivating storytelling and dynamic art. Fortunately for its fans, nearly every piece of Pini's original art, sketches, notes and scraps of paper dating back to the conception of her fantasy comic series has been meticulously catalogued and preserved. Flesk, 2015...More.

ELFQUEST The Art of the Story Deluxe Signed Slipcased, signed & numbered, 500! Includes color print. By Wendy and Richard Pini. Art by Wendy Pini. Elfquest: The Art of the Story handpicks a selection of Wendy and Richard Pini’s favorite Elfquest tales, scanned directly from the original art. These self-contained pieces are some of the finest Elfquest stories ever told. Every unlettered art page is paired with its as-published twin and in-depth running commentary by the Pinis, so readers can easily follow each tale and see for themselves the creative process that is the "art of the story." The Deluxe Limited Edition includes a premium binding with special onlaid plate on the front cover boards with slipcase. It also includes 16 bonus pages totalling 320 pages. Flesk, 2016...More.

BROM LOST GODS A young man descends into Purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this illustrated novel. Brom’s gritty and visceral prose takes us on a haunting, harrowing journey into the depths of the underworld. Thrust into a realm of madness and chaos, where ancient gods and demons battle over the dead, and where cabals of souls conspire to overthrow their masters, Chet plays a dangerous game, risking eternal damnation to save his family. Illustrated in mostly b&w with one color plate. Stunning color jacket art. Harper Voyager, 2016...More.

ART FOR ALL The Color Woodcut in Vienna Around 1900 Enormous 10x15 inches, 414 pages. Recommended. Edited by T.G. Natter, M. Hollein et al. With Kolomon Moser, Carl Otto Szescha, Marcus Behmer et al. At the turn of the 20th century, Secession artists reclaimed the humble woodblock, short-lived and long overlooked by established art histories. Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and particularly Japonisme all influenced this bold style. Through prints, books, magazines, calendars and pages from Ver Sacrum, the official magazine of the Vienna Secession, this offers figure studies, portraits of animals, landscapes, patterns, and typographical treasures, with detailed captions and essays. In German, French and English. Taschen, 2016...More.

THE ART OF CASTLE IN THE SKY A Film By Hayao MiyazakiHighly Recommended. The definitive examination of the art and animation of Studio Ghibli' s masterpiece of fantasy and flight, Castle in the Sky, in a brand new edition. The latest in the perennially popular line of Studio Ghibli art books, this includes interviews, concept sketches, and an introduction by Miyazaki that sets the stage for the film in 1984. This was the first feature film produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli. Sheeta, a girl who has the power to defy gravity, is on the run from pirates when she meets the young inventor Pazu. Together they explore the secrets of Laputa, a flying city constructed by a long-lost race of people. VIZ, 2016...More.

BOOK OF GIANTS By Petar Meseldzija Signed Signed & limited, 500! Highly Recommended. Special binding and matching slipcase, extra 16 pages of sketches not in the trade edition, extra loose color plate and illustrated limitation page. Take a journey into the land of giants. 16 paintings and nearly 90 drawings bring to life secrets uncovered, going back to ancient times. Giants emerge from the murky abyss of myth and a forgotten past, with gorgeous artwork that reminds one of Brian Froud and the Golden Age of Illustration. Flesk, 2015...More.

Item Code: BOGID
Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color
$60.00 $35.00

IMAGINATION The Art & Technique of David A. Cherry Warehouse find, 1987. David Cherry's best science fiction and fantasy book covers and other work. An entire section is devoted to his technique. There are many paintings for his sister C.J. Cherryh's novels (they spell their names differently), including the Chanur series plus a look at astronomical paintings. 43 full-page color plates, plus b&w drawings. Donning, 1987. Out of Print.. Note: Scuffed covers and bumped corners....More.

Item Code: IMAG
Soft Cover, 8x11, 112pg, Full Color $12.95 $7.50

FRANKENSTEINRecommended. By Mary Shelley. Art by Nino Carbé. Newly designed and reset, this handsome hardbound edition reprints all of Nino Carbé's starkly beautiful pen-and-ink drawings and decorative endpieces from one of the earliest illustrated editions of Frankenstein, from 1932. Bonus images include five full-color paintings, two double-page, created by Carbé in the 1980s after he became a noted Walt Disney artist. The artist's daughter, Elizabeth Carbé, provides a new foreword. Calla, 2016...More.

THE ODYSSEY By N.C. Wyeth Facsimile Edition of the 1929 Original. Highly Recommended. By Homer. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. "Tell me, Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered far and wide after he had sacked Troy's sacred city, and saw the towns of many men and knew their mind." The man is Odysseus--trickster, warrior, captain, and king. This magnificent Calla edition features the 1873 verse translation of the ancient classic by poet William Cullen Bryant and 16 full-color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Calla, 2015...More.

CEREBUS Cover Art TreasuryRecommended. By Dave Sim and Gerhard. Dave Sim is one of the most important cartoonists in the history of independent comics. His groundbreaking Cerebus ran for 300 issues, each written and drawn by Sim--a monumental achievement! Now, through IDW Publishing, Sim's beautiful covers are reproduced in an archival over-sized hardcover, which also includes roughs, color guides, sketches, and other historical images. IDW, 2015...More.

Item Code: CCGH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 432pg, Full Color
$75.00 $45.00

DRAGON ARTRecommended. By Graeme Aymer. Foreword by John "Lord of the Rings" Howe. A large-sized hardcover collecting an impressive survey of fantasy artwork featuring dragons, that most popular of fantasy creatures. The inspirational foreword is by fantasy legend John Howe. The "Masters of Dragon Art" section includes such favorites as Don Maitz and Bob Eggleton. A fascinating discussion of dragons and fantasy art runs throughout the book. Flame Tree, 2009...More.

Item Code: DRARH
Hard Cover, 12x11, 200pg, Full Color
$40.00 $14.99

75 YEARS OF CAPITOL RECORDSRecommended. By Barney Hoskyns. Foreword by Beck. From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of Hollywood' s most distinctive landmarks and home to one of the world' s most defining labels for the past 75 years. Taschen presents this official account of Capitol Records, from its founding year of 1942 through to today. With a foreword by Beck, essays by cultural historians and music and architecture critics, as well as hundreds of images from Capitol' s extensive archives. And magnificent packaging, in a pseudo-LP die cut cover and slipcase! Packed with rare behind-the-scenes photos. Taschen, 2016...More.

GODS' MAN A Novel in Woodcuts By Lynd Ward Signed Signed & numbered, 300! By Lynd Ward. Preface by Barry Moser. Gods' Man is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward (1905-1985) first published in 1929. In 139 captionless woodblock prints it tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. Gods' Man was the first American wordless novel, and is seen as a precursor of, and influence on, the development of the graphic novel. Each image moves the story forward by an interval Ward chooses to maintain story flow. Centipede, 2015...More.

Item Code: GODSMD
Hard Cover, 7x11, 318pg, b&w
$95.00 $49.00

HUMBERTO RAMOS PRESENTS MY MARVELS Volume 2 SignedIntroduction by Stan Lee. As Stan puts it "For over 20 years Humberto's left his mark on comicdom. His super style has graced not only some of the best art imaginable, but some of the best stories for characters that I hold near and dear." Here are Spidey, Dark Phoenix, Black Cat, The Avengers, Thanos, Deadpool, Gambit, The X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. Includes Spider-Man character studies. Very handsomely designed and a nice variety of media, themes and characters. Marvel, 2014...More.

HUMBERTO RAMOS PRESENTS MY MARVELS Volume 3 Signed A handsome hardcover art book of character studies, penciled prelims, and finished, color works. Spider-Man and his new villain Silk, Cardiac, The Menace, Rocket Raccoon, a double-fold-out of The Avengers, The Green Goblin, to pages of Amazing Spider-Man color cover drawings for a special sketch edition, Wolverine, Mary Jane, Cap, Groot, even Moon Knight and Spidey together. Marvel, 2015. Out of Print....More.

ILLUSTRATED By Lynd WardRecommended. By Robert Dance. Published to accompany the exhibition "Illustrated by Lynd Ward, From the Collection of Robert Dance," on view at the Grolier Club November 19 2015-January 16 2016. Probably in a limited printing. Expensive, but a rare glimpse at some fine and very scarce Ward pieces, some from the original artwork. 246 bibliographic entries, 36 color and b&w reproductions. Impermanent & Grolier, 2015...More.

JIM SILKE'S JUNGLE GIRLSRecommended. By Jim Silke. Fifty never-before-seen images of the fabulous and provocative females in leopard skin bikinis...or less. All created by that renowned modern master of the pinup, Jim Silke, to accompany a history of this "impossible, loony, glorious nonsense" of beautiful girl as jungle goddess. Silke offer us striking photos from films back to the 1930s, of Sheena of the 1950s TV screen, of Jungle Stories pulp magazine covers, and comics like Lorna the Jungle Girl and Jann of the Jungle. Plenty of nudity. Flesk, 2010. Mature Readers. Note: These copies have minor bumps to corners and are slightly scuffed....More.

Item Code: JSJG
Soft Cover, 9x11, 84pg, Full Color $24.95 $14.95

JERRY GARCIA Paintings, Drawings and Sketches
By Jerry Garcia and David Hinds. Jerry Garcia's (1942-1995) artwork is collected here! Marvelous and brilliant--and this is what he did for fun! This collection offers these wonderful drawings to Deadheads and art lovers alike, as Jerry's soul shines through in each charming landscape, each pleasant dreamscape, and each whimsical and insightful portrait. Visual improvisations of great sensitivity, this is the first published collection of his sketches and watercolors.
Celestial Arts, 2005...More.

Item Code: JGAR
Soft Cover, 11x9, 96pg, Full Color
$19.95 $5.00

JAMES BAMA Personal WorksRecommended. By James Bama and John Fleskes. The famous artist's most personal and cherished images... revealed for the first time! Created entirely for personal pleasure over the course of five decades, these 67 paintings and 24 photographs capture the lives of the people Bama encountered during his trips to Tibet, Mexico, Japan, China and the mountainous frontier of Montana and Idaho. These are powerful portraits of old-world, weathered, working people and children. His photo-realistic style, so perfectly used on the Doc Savage covers, is also here on cowboys, women, old men, workers. Each is accompanied by Bama's commentary. Flesk, 2012...More.

JON ARFSTROM 2016 EXHIBITION CATALOGJon Arfstrom was the last remaining cover artist for the original Weird Tales, where he produced covers and interior drawings in the early 1950s. He also did work for SF digests Mystic, Spaceway and Other Worlds, as well as fan-produced magazines. He went on to work at Brown & Bigelow for 40 years, doing books, calendars and advertising. Here are collected his later works, incorporating influences like James Christiansen, Ed Cartier and even Dali, surreal, fantasy works of other dimensions. Other Side Gallery & DreamHaven, 2016...More.

Item Code: JONAR
Soft Cover, 9x11, 24pg, Full Color
$10.00 $5.00

NEXUS CHRONICLES Signed Bookplate signed by Mike Baron! Recommended. By Steve Rude and John Fleskes. Huge, nearly five pounds of delicious artwork, focused on Steve Rude's role as artist and co-creator of this award-winning series. Three dedicated years have gone into assembling the original art for eight of The Dude' s favorite creations, including Nexus: Wages of Sin #1 and Next Nexus #1, both shown with their pencils AND finished inking. Also Nexus #50 and the rarely seen eight-page “All in Sundra” are reproduced from their inked originals. And previously unpublished--Nexus #99 in pencils, the fully painted Sundra story “When She Was Young,” and more. Flesk, 2016...More.

Item Code: NEXCH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, b&w
$50.00 $29.95

THE WIZARD OF OZ WADDLE BOOK Warehouse find, 1993. By L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow. The timeless tale of Dorothy and her motley crew is retold in this charming reproduction of the 1934 classic tale for children of all ages. The graceful pen and ink illustrations of Denslow adorn many pages and even the original large-sized type is faithfully recreated here. Includes illustrated instructions for how to make a Waddle, which was a popular toy when the book was originally produced. Includes a four bookplate set by Oz illustrator Eric Shanower. Applewood, 1993. Out of Print....More.

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWED CITYArt by Jeffrey Alan Love. Told with an illustration on each right hand page, and brief text on the left page. A young man on a journey to research magical swords is quickly stranded in a land he does not know and a city with no name, over which looms an ominous floating citadel. He fills his notebook with drawings and observations of masked swordsmen, cities that walk, ancient gods, swords made from petrified trees and dragons that move mountains--amd a mysterious woman who captures his heart. Reminds us of Lynd Ward's woodcut novels, and also of Sergio Toppi's artworks. Flesk, 2016...More.

PERFECT NONSENSE The Chaotic Comics and Goofy Games of George CarlsonHighly Recommended. Edited by Daniel F Yezbick. Harlan Ellison calls Carlson "a cartoonist of the absurd," whose work stands alongside that of Winsor McCay, Rube Goldberg, George Herriman, or Gary Larson. I'm also a huge fan and eager to dig into this massive, unparallelled collection.--Bud. Here is the complete story behind one of the most innovative and under-rated Golden Age artists, classic children's illustrators, and nonsense poets in American history. For more than 50 years, George Carlson created thousands of distinctive and dynamic cartoons, comics, riddles, and games that thrilled both children and adults with their fanciful spirit and nonsensical humor. Fantagraphics, 2014. Out of Print....More.

HORROR ON THE BEACH A Tale in the Cthlulhu MythosAlmost Gone! Warehouse find, 1978. Limited, 1000. By Alan Dean Foster. The Lovecraft Library presents an eerie short story from Shroud Publishers (Ken Krueger). "It reached the bottom of the steps and seemed to hesitate. Dave reminded himself that this was only a part of whatever monstrosity rested on the floor above, fishing for them. Don't scream. Whatever you do, think, feel, don't scream." Valcou and Krueger, 1978. Out of Print.. Note: Covers slightly discolored....More.

Item Code: HOR
Soft Cover, 5x8, 50pg, Text/b&w $3.00

STAR TREK 50 ARTISTS 50 YEARS Oversize 10 1/2 x 15. Foreword by Nicholas Meyer. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic original Star Trek TV series, artists from all around the world, as well as famous fans, and even the late, great Leonard Nimoy, have contributed lovingly made posters, photos, sculptures, comic strips, textiles and much more to this special commemorative Star Trek art collection. Officially licensed, it celebrates moments, characters, storylines and episodes from the show in a variety of different styles. Plus the fifty unique artists featured here share their work in progress. Titan, 2016...More.

THE ULTIMATE HISTORY OF PORSCHEBy Stuart Gallagher and Helen Smith. The rich and storied legacy of Porsche, one of Germany's greatest automobile manufacturers, is told here in exacting detail. From the humble beginnings of Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche through to the record-breaking 911s and Targas, this is an unexpurgated story of automotive precision. Loaded with great color photos, stats and technical data, this book is as exciting as a trip down the autobahn. Parragon, 2002. Out of Print....More.

Sketchbooks

DAVE STEVENS Selected Sketches & Studies Volume 2 Limited, 1500. Highly Recommended. By Dave Stevens. The second-ever sketchbook produced by the premier good-girl artist of recent times. Dave created The Rocketeer and was the prime mover in Bettie Page being rediscovered. Published by Dave himself, here are the last copies (Dave didn't sign them all, thus these are unsigned), full of amazing full nudes, character studies, unpublished art--good girls to die for. Bulldog Studios, 2003. Out of Print.Mature Readers...More.

J. SCOTT CAMPBELL'S THE RUFF STUFF Volume 3 SignedHighly Recommended. By J. Scott Campbell. The Ruff Stuff comes back bigger and showing the best compilation of art in rough form in landscape format. More than 400 scribbles, sketches, thumbs, pencil from one of the hottest artists in the graphic scene. Packed with multiple images on every page, from nudes to long-legged heroines to Wolverine, Jungle girls and Spider-Man. Mafufo, 2014...More.

Item Code: JSCR03S
Soft Cover, 6x8, 48pg, b&w $35.00 $17.50

GLENN FABRY Sketchbook 3Recommended. The very first sketchbook by Fabry we've handled, very sharp--and also already out of print. Supply is very limited. This comes from the U.K., with 100 illustrations--half in full color and fully finished. Many unseen Preacher, Hellblazer, and Batman paintings straight out of Glenn's personal collection. Plus Hellboy, story thumbnails, Death from the Sandman series, Judge Dredd, Domino, and a simply wonderful cover packed with characters. Minor nudity. Berserker, 2015. Out of Print.Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: GFS03
Soft Cover, 6x9, 54pg, Full Color $20.00 $9.99

MICHAEL DOONEY SKETCHBOOK The Tundra Sketchbook Series #9 Warehouse find, 1991. Sketchbook drawings as well as a full color section of finished art, from the artist of Gizmo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among others. Several pages of nudes and figure studies, and more of the TMNT, Gizmo and other charcters, both serious and humorous. Published by Tundra, the fine publishing house established by TMNT creator Kevin Eastman, that published the work of friends and fellow artists. Tundra, 1991. Out of Print.. Note:Copies may be slightly scuffed, more so to the back cover....More.

Item Code: TSMD
Soft Cover, 7x10, 44pg, Partial Color
$7.50 $5.00

Graphic Novels

STAR WARS Epic Collection Infinities Play "What if?" with the original trilogy in a series of tales exploring the endless possibilities of Star Wars. How would A New Hope have gone if Luke Skywalker missed the target in his attack on the Death Star? What would have become of the Rebel Alliance if Luke perished in the icy wastelands of Hoth during The Empire Strikes Back? What if Return of the Jedi's rescue of Han Solo had gone badly wrong? Marvel, 2015...More.

Item Code: SWLE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 504pg, Full Color $39.99 $23.99

BARB WIRE Book 2 Hotwired Collects Barb Wire Volume 2 #5-8, 2015-16. By Chris Warner, Patrick Olliffe, and Tom Nguyen. Braced by shady federal agents, bounty hunter Barb Wire is forced to locate an old associate whom the agents claim is the most dangerous man alive. With no choice but compliance, Barb learns that her former ally is not the man she remembers...if indeed he is a man at all! The comic book that inspired the motion picture, Barb Wire returns with smoke, lightning, and a skilled tough lady with fast-talking guns. Writtten by series creator Chris Warner and drawn by Catwoman and Spider-Girl artist Patrick Olliffe, with all five covers by comics superstar Adam Hughes. Dark Horse, 2016...More.

AMAZING FANTASTIC INCREDIBLERecommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Todd McFarlane and Colleen Doran. In this first-ever memoir--illustrated in comic book form by celebrated artist Colleen Doran--Stan Lee tells the story of his life with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he has brought to the world of comics. From his first Captain America text story in 1941 to working with Ditko and Kirby, from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current resurgence in movies. Touchstone, 2015. . Note: Small remainder mark....More.

Item Code: AFIH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 192pg, Full Color $30.00 $9.99

BATMAN SHADOW OF THE BAT Volume 1 Collects #1-12, 1992-93. By Alan Grant. Art by Tim Sale, Norm Breyfogle et al. Batman isn't the only masked crusader in town—and Arkham Asylum has many, many cells beyond those detaining the Penguin, the Joker, and Poison Ivy. And now he's been committed! But this is not the dark, dismal Arkham Asylum of old—this modern Arkham is run by the son of the original founder, Jeremiah Arkham. He is determined to improve on his father's methods, and in doing so walks perilously close to the abyss of madness himself. DC, 2016...More.

Item Code: BATSB01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 320, Full Color
$24.99 $14.99

BOMBING NAZI GERMANY The Graphic History of The Allied Air Campaign That Defeated Hitler in WWII. Recommended. By Wayne Vansant. Graphic novel author and artist Wayne Vansant profiles the dramatic joint American-British Allied air war against Nazi Germany throughout Europe during World War II. Meticulously researched, illustrated, and written with the same unmatched quality of Vansant's Normandy and Gettysburg, this tells the story of the first and second generations of airmen, soldiers, and politicians from both sides who sought to bomb the enemy into submission. Zenith, 2013...More.

Item Code: BOMG
Soft Cover, 6x9, 104pg, Full Color
$19.99 $11.99

FLOCK OF DREAMERS An Anthology of Dream-Inspired Comics. By Robert Crumb, Rick Veitch et al. Twenty tales drawn from the subconscious of an international cast of comics creators. Experience the REM-state visions of Crumb as he takes you for a ride on the helicopter girl. Marvel at Jim Woodring's (Frank) meticulous soul portraits. Dodge sniper's bullets in the Bosnia of Rick Veitch's (Brat Pack) mind. View the visions of Serbian mystic Sasa Rakezic. Discover what happens in the restless mind of Rolling Stone's Hot Cartoonist of 1996, Pat Moriarity, as he sleeps. Kitchen Sink, 1997. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FLOCK
Soft Cover, 8x11, 84pg, b&w $12.95 $5.00

ECHOESRecommended. By Mike Richardson. Art by Gabriel Guzman and Java Tartaglia. To prevent a murder, would you become a murderer? Troubled charter pilot Fred Martin is caught in a bizarre and violent storm--and awakens from a coma only to discover that he is thirty years in the past. Now he has the impossible opportunity to right the terrible wrong that may have determined his future. It's a fascinating time-travel story written by the head honcho at Dark Horse, publisher Mike Richardson. Mike has written many other works, but this may just be my favorite. It's a page-turner first to last. Dark Horse, 2016...More.

Item Code: ECHOE
Soft Cover, 6x10, 96pg, Full Color
$14.99 $8.99

I AM LEGIONRecommended. By Fabien Nury. Art by John Cassaday. A supernatural take on World War II espionage featuring a girl with the ability to possess other bodies. Outstanding art by the talented John Cassaday. Europe, December 1942. The global conflict has reached a fever pitch. The Nazis are at the height of their power. Now the destinies of several men will cross through a project code named "Legion," a series of horrific tests that a young Romanian girl with apparent supernatural abilities must undergo. Her "skills," if fully exploited by the Nazis, would give them unimaginable power... Humanoids, 2011...More.

Item Code: IAML
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$19.95 $14.95

INDEH A Story of Apache WarsHighly Recommended. By Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth. 1872 in the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. One young warrior loses his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, he convinces Apache leader Cochise to lead an attack against the Mexican village of Azripe. It is this wild display of courage that transforms the young brave Goyakhla into the Native American hero Geronimo. But the war wages on. As they battle their enemies, lose loved ones, and desperately cling to their land and culture, they would utter, "Indeh," or "the dead." Grand Central, 2016...More.

Item Code: INDEHH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 232pg, b&w
$25.00 $14.95

MOON MOTHBy Jack Vance. Art by Humayoun Ibrahim. How do you catch a murderer when everyone wears a mask? Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, Hugo, Nebula, Edgar, and World Fantasy Award winner Jack Vance's 1961 tale The Moon Moth is brilliantly adapted into a graphic novel. Edwer Thissell, the new counsel from Earth to the planet Sirene, is having trouble adjusting to the local culture. The natives wear elaborate masks corresponding to their social status and mood, and communicate in song! First Second, 2012...More.

Item Code: MOMOT
Soft Cover, 6x8, 114pg, Full Color
$17.99 $9.95

NEAL ADAMS' BLOOD Volume 1 Collects #1-3, 5-8, 11, 28-29. By Neal Adams Flowing through Blood' s veins is an arcane, unfathomable power whose origins stretch back to the very dawn of human history. An ancient struggle will come to a head in a single fiery night of war! Collecting Neal's original stories from Dark Horse Presents, this unique book features a genuinely amazing animated 3D lenticular cover. Dark Horse, 2016...More.

Item Code: NAB
Soft Cover, 7x10, 88pg, Full Color
$14.99 $8.99

NEIL GAIMAN'S LADY JUSTICE Volume 1 Collects #1-11, 1995-96. Recommended. By C. J. Henderson and Wendi Lee. Art by Wendi Lee, Michael Netzer, Dan Brereton et al. From the mind of New York Times best-selling and Eisner Award-winning author Neil Gaiman, Lady Justice is the living embodiment of justice. She's a spirit who takes over the mind and body of beautiful but abused women, different in each story, and makes them judge, jury and executioner against crime and injustice. Violent, sexy, and well drawn. Super Genius, 2015...More.

Item Code: NGLJ01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color
$14.99 $7.50

NOCTURNALS Black Planet Volume 1 Hardcover Signed Signed & limited, 250! Highly Recommended. By Dan Brereton. Lush, innovative, action-packed stories of supernatural menaces and cool heroes. Doc Horror knows there are sinister forces at work trying to bring the downfall of the human race. An outcast, Doc Horror is forced to live by the dark of night, and there he finds compatriots who must also shun the light of day. Polychrome, The Gunwitch, Starfish, Firelion, Komodo, and The Raccoon join Doc in his mission--and they don't care how many monsters stand in their way! Big Wow, 2015...More.

Item Code: NOCTHS
Hard Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color
$50.00 $25.00

NOCTURNALS Black Planet SignedHighly Recommended. By Dan Brereton. Lush, innovative, action-packed stories of supernatural menaces and cool heroes. Doc Horror knows there are sinister forces at work trying to bring the downfall of the human race. An outcast, Doc Horror is forced to live by the dark of night, and there he finds compatriots who must also shun the light of day. Polychrome, The Gunwitch, Starfish, Firelion, Komodo, and The Raccoon join Doc in his mission--and they don't care how many monsters stand in their way! Big Wow, 2015...More.

Item Code: NOCT
Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color $24.95 $15.00

Comic Book Archives

DEVIL TALESHighly Recommended. By Don Heck, Gene Colan, Lou Cameron, Bob Webb et al. Beware puny mortals, the gates of Hell have opened wide with another diabolical dish of Golden Age horror hits--this time direct from the burning bowels of Hades itself! Guest edited by Steve Banes, a.k.a. Mr. Karswell, and starring Satan himself (and in one story, herself!) in 24 scorching stories and a passle of wild covers. IDW, 2015...More.

HORROR BY HECKRecommended. By Don Heck. Introduction by Kelley Jones. Don Heck was the co-creator of Marvel's Iron Man and the long time Avengers artist. In the 1950s Heck did a score of artistically brilliant and extremely beyond-the-pale, gruesome, Pre-Code Horror comic book covers and comics. Special die-cut bullet-hole cover and a fascinating examination of the oft-neglected Heck by Batman's Kelly Jones. IDW, 2016...More.

DARK SHADOWS The Complete Original Series Volume 4 Collects #22-28, 1973-74. By Donald Arneson and Arnold Drake. Art by Joe Certa. Here is the fourth of five volumes collecting the complete Gold Key Comics series. A fun television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series, with painted covers. New introduction by Jeff Thompson, talking about the show and each comic book issue, plus photographs of the show stars. Hermes, 2012. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: DS04H
Hard Cover, 8x10, 192pg, Full Color
$49.99 $14.99

SAVAGE TALES 2 #2Almost Gone! Warehouse find, 1985. Highly Recommended. By Archie Goodwin, John Severin, Arthur Suydam, Gray Morrow et al. Marvel did some WONDERFUL magazines to bypass the comics code and this is one of them. Superb adventure stories much like Warren's Blazing Combat. "Raid" by Goodwin and Severin, "Skywarriors" by Herb Trimpe, "A Slight Delay" by Steve Skeates and Ralph Reese and 3 more rip-roaring stories. Marvel, 1985. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: SA02
Soft Cover, 8x11, 66pg, b&w
$6.00

WALLY WOOD EERIE TALES OF CRIME & HORRORHighly Recommended. By Wallace Wood and J. David Spurlock. Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction is a wonderfully thick collection of dozens of complete stories from obscure pre-code comics. This is the second volume in Vanguard's Wally Wood Classics series and a perfect companion to Strange World. For the first time ever, the complete non-EC 1950's crime and horror comics of Wallace Wood. Vanguard, 2013...More.

Item Code: WWE
Soft Cover, 9x11, 208pg, Full Color
$24.95 $17.50

SUPERMAN The War Years 1938-1945 20+ Complete Stories--and far more! Highly Recommended. By Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. Edited by Roy Thomas. The Man of Steel is one of the most recognized characters in pop culture. Though he may not be from this planet, his dedication to protecting its people is inspiring. Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 shows how his introduction at the start of World War II lifted the spirits of a weary country and brought people the hero they so desperately needed. And began the entire super hero explosion in comic books that continues today. Chartwell, 2015...More.

Item Code: SUPWYH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color
$24.99 $14.99

Will Eisner's PS MAGAZINEHighly Recommended. By Will Eisner. Selected and with overview by Eddie Campbell. Preface by Ann Eisner. Will Eisner believed in the teaching power of comics, and after his run on The Spirit, from 1951 to 1971 he produced PS magazine for the U.S. Army. It was aimed at teaching American soldiers about safety and maintenance for vehicles, aircraft, firearms, etc. Eisner used both comic book stories (full color, starring the sexy bombshell, "Connie Rod") and illustrated tutorials. Even pinups played a part. Abrams, 2011. na....More.

Comic Strip Collections & Reference

MARVEL COMICS INDEX Volume 1 #4 Fantastic Four Warehouse find, 1977. Jim Steranko cover! Well-known fan George Olshevsky began a series of indices of Marvel comics runs, in which this was the 4th volume. It lists full credits for every issue of FF from #1 through 179, plus 11 Annuals, Silver Surfer #1-18 and a bit more. Includes all credits, storylines, guests, first appearances, and commentary on each issue, with a b&w picture of each cover. Marvel, 1977. Out of Print.. Note: Scuffed covers, more so on the back but still somewhat on the Steranko front cover....More.

Item Code: MARV04
Soft Cover, 8x11, 100pg, b&w
$20.00 $5.00

INCREDIBLE HERB TRIMPEBy Dewey Cassell and Aaron Sultan. From being the first to illustrate Wolverine to his definitive eight-year run on The Incredible Hulk, no other member of the Marvel Bullpen had such a varied and remarkable career. Herb drew licensed characters based on toys such as G.I. Joe, Godzilla, and Transformers, which went on to become blockbuster movies. And he drew runs of super-heroes like Iron Man, Defenders, Captain Britain, and Spider-Man. TwoMorrows, 2015...More.

CUL DE SAC THIS EXITOur Highest Recommendation. By Richard Thompson. This is the first Cul de Sac collection from 2008, with more than a year's strips dating back to the strip's 2007 debut. Thompson is simply hilarious, it's a "read-out-loud" daily and Sunday page, the funniest thing I've read since Calvin and Hobbes (and Bill Watterson is a huge fan). Andrews McMeel, 2008...More.

Item Code: CUDE
Soft Cover, 9x9, 128pg, Partial Color
$12.99 $6.99

BRENDA STARR, REPORTER The Collected Daily and Sundays Volume 1 1940-46. Recommended. By Dale Messick. This collects the earliest newspaper strips featuring that fashionable and hard-hitting journalist, Brenda Starr! This post-Depression, pre-War hero taught America that a woman can be both sexy and empowered. Creator Dale Messick was the first female cartoonist to write and draw a daily strip. This collects Brenda's early adventures in black and white along with the first two Sunday storylines in full color. Two new introductions, one by the renowned Trina Robbins. Hermes, 2011. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: BS01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 208pg, Partial Color
$60.00 $24.95

Statues, Prints & Fun Stuff

LUIS ROYO JOKER Statue Huge 1/6 scale. Designed by Luis Royo. Scuplted by Ballares Rodriguez. From Yamato Toys USA “DC Collectible Series”--the Clown Prince of Crime, the Man of a Million Laughs... the diabolical, Joker! Lovingly crafted with his trademark grin, outfit and cane, this is THE Joker, based on artwork by the great Luis Royo. He stands poised to "light up the night' " and to greet the "Bats" perched atop a leaky fuel drum...! Spectacular, in a huge full color illustrated box. Yamato, 2016...More.

Item Code: LRJOK
18" tall, Full Color
$249.99 $175.00

WALKING DEAD Coloring BookBy Robert Kirkman. Art by Charlie Adlard. This oversized adult coloring book features art from throughout the long-running series. Sure, The Walking Dead has never had color, but don't let that stop you from coloring in all your favorite survivors and zombies! Just make sure to stock up on plenty of red... Image Comics, 2016...More.

Item Code: WDCOL
Soft Cover, 8x12, 96, b&w
$14.99 $7.50

MARK SCHULTZ XENOZOIC TALES PrintAlmost Gone!Highly Recommended. By Mark Schultz. Colored by Jim & Ruth Keegan. Mark Schultz returns to Xenozoic Tales with this fine art print from Flesk Publications. This new illustration depicts Jack and Hannah in a terrific battle against a swarm of dinosaurs. Schultz's exquisite brushwork brings this scene to life. Flesk, 2008...More.

Item Code: MSXT
18x24, 1 print, Full Color
$20.00 $15.00

Mature Readers

LUIS ROYO CONCEPTIONS Volume I Signed Signed bookplate! Master of dark, erotic artwork, Royo opens his secret sketch files for this look at warrior babes and innocent princesses. Many never-before-seen works as well as concept sketches for some of his most provocative and recognized pieces. Includes commentary by the artist. Mostly b&w reproductions from pencil drawings, many full page, with eight pages in color. Heavy Metal.. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CONCH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color
$14.95 $9.95

LUIS ROYO CONCEPTIONS Volume II Signed Signed bookplate! Recommended. Fantasy is one of the most challenging art subjects to create, but Luis Royo is one of the masters who makes the genre come alive, especially through his beautiful young women-warriors. Heavy Metal.. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CONC02H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color
$14.95 $9.95

LUIS ROYO CONCEPTIONS Volume III Signed Signed bookplate! Recommended. This final edition in Luis Royo's Conceptions series sports a full color cover and is dedicated to the feminine figure. There are several pages of full color, finished works, as well as more overtly erotic themes first explored in volume two. It's all beautiful women, all accompanied again by his personal notes about what themes and ambitions he has with each different set of work. Heavy Metal.. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CONC03H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color
$14.95 $9.95

ELIZABETH TAYLORHighly Recommended. By Kathryn Dixon. A mini-book of photos, both black and white and color, of Taylor as Cleopatra, a cowgirl, at an award ceremony with Bette Davis, meeting the Queen, with husband Mike Todd and little daughter Liza in 1957, in Ivanhoe in 1952 and hundreds more glamour shots. Here she is as leading lady, jetsetter and adulterer as well as a pretty, down-to-earth person seeking happiness. TAJ, 2014...More.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR Her Life in StyleBy Susan Kelly. This book brings together excellent, high quality photographs and commentary celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's beauty, on-screen and off. From rare early teen-aged shots and first films, to her marriages with actors and creators, to high glamour Hollywood gowns and jewelry. A&C Black, 2011. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: ELIZH
Soft Cover, 9x11, 128pg, Partial Color $29.99 $9.99

SOPHIA LORENHighly Recommended. By Kathryn Dixon. Her face has sold millions of magazines, from the ribald European tattler sheets to the Ladies' Home Journal, and her personal and professional life has been profiled in books, television interviews, documentaries and autobiographical drama. This lovely, voluptuous lady is the star of countless films, the most famous of Italy's actresses. TAJ, 2013...More.

MEL RAMOS Superman at the SupermarketEdited by Thomas Levy. Text by Konstantin Jacoby. In the early 1960s, Mel Ramos (born 1935), was one of the first artists to embrace Pop art, to produce the work for which he is best known: glossy, flat paintings of idealized, voluptuous female nudes emerging from banana peels and candy wrappers, lounging on top of cigars or caressing bottles of ketchup and 7Up. He took advertising's maxim "sex sells" to its most extreme: nude female figures in erotic, occasionally even vulgar, positions! Kerber, 2015. Mature Readers...More.

NECRON #3Warehouse find, 1991. By Magnus. A European-style sexy-parody of Frankenstein, featuring the adventures of the nymphomaniac and beautiful mad doctor, Frieda Boher, and her slave-lover Necron, a strong, well endowed and carnivorous humanoid/robot assembled from fragments of corpses. They gate-crash an aristocratic mansion where a quartet of high-class nymphomaniacs indulge in the most decadent tastes--from perversion to a dash of peasant torture. Necron entertains them with his sexual specialties while Frieda plans to rob them blind. Catalan, 1991. Out of Print.Adult Material...More.

Item Code: NECRON03
Soft Cover, 8x12, 56pg, b&w
$9.99 $4.99

SPANISH GIRL Marilyn Monroe Print two for one Numbered, 7500. Highly Recommended. By Earl Moran. A delightful, sexy painting of Marilyn Monroe, two for the price of one! This captures her youth as well as her voluptuous, sensual appeal, in a sexy, revealing open vest, short-shorts and high-heels. Her flirtatious alluring look is playful and fun! Excellent high quality lithograph on 80 lb. archival acid-free paper, ready to frame. Comes with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Illustrations Remembered, 1994. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: EMSGPR
2 prints, 19x24, Full Color
$279.90 $19.95

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UWE OMMER EROTIC LADYLAND Half a Century of PhotographyRecommended. This large-format book presents not only some of Ommer's more famous photos, but also several previously unpublished works, all selected from the rich back catalog of this master of erotic photography. His work is dynamic and unusual; his subjects (often beautiful black women) and backdrops are unique among artists. Edition Skylight, 2015. Mature Readers...More.

WOMEN LOVING WOMEN Appreciating and Exploring the Beauty of Erotic Female Encounters. By Jamye Waxman. Heterosexual women who have wondered how and when to instigate a bisexual experience will love this book. And guys who fantasize about women fulfilling the sexual needs of women need look no further. Here's an illustrated journey for both sexes, illustrated by three beautiful ladies having the time of their lives...away from the boys. Quiver, 2007. Out of Print.Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: WOML
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, Full Color
$19.99 $7.50

VA VOOM Hot Rods & Killer Bods In Amazing 3D Features fast wheels and high heels in this unique poster-book featuring 3D photos of some very rare vehicles and even harder to find nude girls! From cover to cover, each of the 12 pages (folding out to a huge poster) is stuffed full of new, full-color 3D photos of classic hot rods and vintage cruisers, along with fast girls and naughty nudes Sarah Heartbreaker and Trixie. Shh!, 2009. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: VAV
Soft Cover, 9x11, 12pg, Full Color $9.95 $4.95

LIBERATORE'S WOMENBy Liberatore. When the creator of Ranxerox and Ranx devotes an entire book to drawings and paintings of women, the results are intense, disturbing, bizarre, and very sexy. Italy's famous artist draws no delicate flowers--his women are powerful and menacing, exuding a fearsome and yet compelling sexuality. A master of eroticism. Explicit paintings and drawings both, beautifully printed in an oversized edition. Kitchen Sink, 1998. Out of Print.Adult Material...More.

PEEKARAMA Harlot & Tijuana Blue DVD Originally released 1970 &1971. Directed by Howard Ziehm. Following the unprecedented success of his 1970 film Mona, director Howard Ziehm directed dozens of boundary pushing films. Presented here are two of his most unique and important works. In Harlot, Mary and Melody are best friends, though Melody is uncomfortable around Mary's sexual openness. After finally being coaxed into sexual experimentation, Melody begins to discover her erotic self and indulges in a series of sexual adventures, each wilder than the last. Tijuana Blue: After discovering that his girlfriend is pregnant, a man named Jamie agrees to assist on a drug run from Tijuana back to LA. Vinegar Syndrome, 2016. Adult Material...More.

Item Code: PHTB
dvd, 156 min, 1 disc, Full Color $22.98 $14.98

NERDCORE 2007-2008, 2010 NUDE Calendar Set Set of Three Oversized Erotic Calendars! Highly Recommended. Here is one of those really quirky items that I love to turn up. For 2007, '08, and 2010 a bevy of beautiful models were gathered together to do nude spoofs in the form of "fan boy" calendars. 2008 is "Heroes and Villains;" 2007 was babes playing video games; 2010 was horror film themes. The models are lovely and naked, the calendars are oversized with BIG images, the erotics are timeless. Nerdcore, 2006. Out of Print.Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: NERDSET2
12x18, Full Color
$75.00 $14.95

UNVEILED DVD Originally released 1986. Directed by Suze Randall. Masters of underground filmmaking Suze Randall and Victor Nye present a sensuous look into the wild lives of some of the most beautiful women of the 80s! Join the ravishing Erica Boyer, along with Taija Rae, Francois Papillon and Mike Horner for a look inside a lusty fashion show, a kinky office rendezvous, and an exotic "masked ball" where ribald lovers play a seductive guessing game. Vinegar Syndrome, 2016. Adult Material...More.